Muqrin bin Abdulaziz

Muqrin bin Abdulaziz (15 September 1945-) was the Director of the Saudi Intelligence Agency from 2005 to 2012, succeeding Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz and preceding Bandar bin Sultan.

Biography
Muqrin bin Abdulaziz was born on 15 September 1945, the 35th son of Ibn Saud, and his mother was Baraka Al Yamaniyah, Ibn Saud's 18th wife. In 1964 he joined the Saudi Royal Air Force and in 1968 he graduated with a degree in aeronautics as a Flight Lieutenant from the RAF College in Cranwell in the United Kingdom. In 1980 he was Governor of Hail Province, a post that he held until 1999, when Saud bin Abdul Muhsin succeeded him in the post. From 1999 to 2005 he was Governor of Madinah Province, succeeding Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz and preceding Abdulaziz bin Majid. In 2005, his most important political post was attained when he was appointed the Director of the Saudi Intelligence Agency, succeeding Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz. In July 2012 he was given the title of Special Envoy, and on 1 February 2013 he was made the fifth Saudi royal to hold the title of Deputy Prime Minister, under his half-brother King Abdullah I of Saudi Arabia. On 23 January 2015 it was announced that he would be made Crown Prince to King Salman I of Saudi Arabia after he ascended the throne following Abdullah's death.